Comments on: Tips for creating a plastic-free kitchen

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:29:34 +0000

@Darylin – The kitchen is a good place to start trying to go plastic free – much easier than the whole house. I love using those large glass canning jars for beverages. I also use glass juice containers. As for travel, I never carry huge amounts but for camping would likely go with stainless steel. They make some pretty big stainless steel thermoses.

By: Darylin Lowe

Darylin Lowe — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:30:21 +0000

Thank you for this informative encouragement. I Started to clean out my kitchen yesterday. thanks for the utensil heads up,one area i forgot. I understand going plastic free in my home entirely would be a feat, but the kitchen – i can handle.I work for a large empty house (taking care of it) but when the people that own it come for a visit… What would you recommend for water? I have put a large pitcher in the fridge and people can use a glass, but to take out on the land and go outside or for in the cooler when they go fishing/hunting? I was thinking canning jars or those glass lined metal container bottles for camping. we already went form ozarka to refillabel rubbermaid bottles, but i threw those out yesterday. the water in them tasted like plastic anyway! any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
thank you,
Darylin

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:25:12 +0000

I purged all of my plastic dishes and cups for my children a year and a half ago. I replaced them with wooden and metal spoons, sturdy pottery bowls and mugs, and glasses for tiny hands (yes…real glass). With a 2 and 4 year old, we have had only one broken glass and no broken dishes (I like Corelle brand. It’s almost unbreakable). The wooden spoon was good for my 2 year old who still likes to chew on her silverware. I found that you can go plastic free with tiny children.

By: DramaMama

DramaMama — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:18:27 +0000

I just bought a bunch of large glass containers for the flour we use. That means I have some almost brand new Tupperware to sell! Another thing I’ve been working on weeding out is the kids’ bowls and plates, etc. I forgot about spoons and spatulas though! Always a work in progress…